Jaja Santiago now engaged to Japanese coach


Jaja Santiago is engaged to Japanese coach Taka Minowa.

Photo from Jaja Santiago's Instagram account

The 6-foot-4 volleyball player announced this on social media Saturday, Aug. 27, drawing congratulatory messages from fellow players like Mika Reyes, Kim Fajardo, Marck Espejo, Maddie Madayag, Dawn Macandili and Jovelyn Gonzaga, to name a few.

"Too many attempts, and finally without him kneeling to ask me. I said yes!" Santiago wrote on social media.

"It's not about how long the relationship was, it's about how he makes you feel that he is the right one."

Santiago, 26, met Minowa in Japan while she is playing in the V.League team Saitama Ageo Medics.